http://velonews.competitor.com/2009/11/explainer/doctor-behaving-badly_100633 Competitive Cycling News, Race Results and Bike Reviews Fri, 03 Feb 2012 22:32:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.5 http://velonews.competitor.com/2009/11/explainer/doctor-behaving-badly_100633/comment-page-1#comment-1785 Motorist Doctor Convicted on all counts @ Arizona Bike Law Blog Mon, 18 Jan 2010 16:06:47 +0000 http://velonews.competitor.com/?p=100633#comment-1785 [...] “the Explainer” had a very enlightening column about the rules of evidence involving admissability of  so-called “prior bad acts”, [...] [...] “the Explainer” had a very enlightening column about the rules of evidence involving admissability of  so-called “prior bad acts”, [...]

]]> http://velonews.competitor.com/2009/11/explainer/doctor-behaving-badly_100633/comment-page-1#comment-214 chainagent Fri, 04 Dec 2009 22:17:15 +0000 http://velonews.competitor.com/?p=100633#comment-214 Thanks for the analysis!<br><br>As far as lesson's learned, I couldn't agree more. I race, and I ride a lot, and I reason that the more time I spend on the road, the more careful I had better be to survive. I don't worry about tapping the breaks to be sure a driver sees me, and I don't think for a second to just stop, get off my bike, and let that big logging truck pass safely. Big deal, it cost me 5 seconds and I lost my riding rhythm, but I just made a truck driver really happy and he'll get me a break next time. In the 80's in Oregon the logging trucks and cyclist dangerously clashed...but now that has almost completely changed. Professionalism and politeness rein on both sides.<br><br>All the competitive cyclists out there need to be examples of correctness and politeness on the road! And coming from somebody w/ a well exercised middle finger I've found it's far better if you really, really, need to signal your displeasure to a driver - just try a thumbs down and keep the bird in the cage.<br><br>-Paul Thanks for the analysis!As far as lesson's learned, I couldn't agree more. I race, and I ride a lot, and I reason that the more time I spend on the road, the more careful I had better be to survive. I don't worry about tapping the breaks to be sure a driver sees me, and I don't think for a second to just stop, get off my bike, and let that big logging truck pass safely. Big deal, it cost me 5 seconds and I lost my riding rhythm, but I just made a truck driver really happy and he'll get me a break next time. In the 80's in Oregon the logging trucks and cyclist dangerously clashed…but now that has almost completely changed. Professionalism and politeness rein on both sides.All the competitive cyclists out there need to be examples of correctness and politeness on the road! And coming from somebody w/ a well exercised middle finger I've found it's far better if you really, really, need to signal your displeasure to a driver – just try a thumbs down and keep the bird in the cage.-Paul

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